Western Conference update

11:17 PM,
Apr. 3, 2013

Pavel Datsyuk has been a key reason for the Red Wings' recent success.

Written by

Josh Cooper
| The Tennessean

We're coming down the home stretch in the Western Conference. And with the 2013 season set to end in less than a month, some teams fighting to make the playoffs have started playing well at the right time and look like they can do some damage in the postseason. Below are those squads.

San Jose Sharks (18-11-6)*

The Sharks have been able to pile up wins against some of the NHL's top teams. In the past week, San Jose defeated the Anaheim Ducks twice as well as the Vancouver Canucks. Overall, San Jose has looked more like the team that started 7-0-0 and not the group that went 6-11-6 in its next 23 games. ...